SAN JOSE, Calif. — After a pair of frightening injuries over a two-week span in which players were carted off the field and taken away by ambulance with concussions, San Jose State coach Ron Caragher will be cautious with freshman running back Thomas Tucker's return.

Tucker was injured in the third quarter of the Spartans' 34-27 win at Colorado State on Oct. 12. A diagnostic exam of his neck was negative and he got released from the hospital in time to fly home with the team to the Bay Area.